COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2850, 15 August 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

> WHOLESALE . PRODUCE . PBIOES. 1 , Messrs.. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street. . report wholesale prices: as. follow Fowls' wheat,'primed ss. 3d. per N bushel! meaiuin ./ 6a. to ss. 2d. per bushel; fpwls* bailey, 4e.- . to 4s. 3d. per bushel; Gapo barley, Victorian seed, 4s. 9d; per bushel; Is T ew Zealand Capo, barley, 4s. 3d. per bushel; partv ridge peas,' 6s. 6d. per bushel;, maize, feed, ,ss. per bushel; chaff,; oatsheaf, £6 ss. per ton.; hay}, lucerne, £6 pec ton; .clover, £6per,tou; flour,.in sacks, £13 ss. per ton; i oatmeal, in 26's,' £18 10a.; bran, £5 10s. per-, ton;-pollard, £B;ss. per • ton; potato seed,' Bru&e's Prolific, .'£6 15s. per ton, .. Northern Star £4 10s. per; ton, Up-to-date £7 per ton,- Gamekeepers £6 15s. pe'r ton;, bacon (all best factory), sides U. per lb., rolls Is. Id. per lb., hams lsl. :4|j. per lb., shoulders lOd. per lb.; clieeee' (factory), medium, lOd. per .lb.: linseed muts, 13s; per cwt.j- linseed ground cake, 13s. per cwt.: . onions, . Victorian Brown Spanish, £6 10s. ' to £7 10s;.per*ton; potatoes; white-skinned, : table, southern,'£B.; 10s. ,to £9,; per ton.; Customs duty collected at the port of : Wellington yesterday amounted to £6917 . 3s. Id. '• ... • ' IT"' HIGH COMMLSsiO^ER'S ; MAEKET ' ' HEPOBT. . - The Department of Apiculture, Indus- - tries, ana' Commerce has received the following: cablegram, dated London; August 12, 1916,' from, the High 'Commissioner for . "New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless '/"otherwise specified, ' are average market -prices on spot):— ■ Meat.—The market is <juiet. but steady. , ~New Zealand mutton arid lamb axe in.

small supply, with the result that there is a better demand for .Argentine'-mutton and lamb. . Prices remain "unchanged, with the oxccption of Argentine beef and New Zealand beef. Now Zealand mutton, BJd. per lb.; ewe mutton, Sid.;. Argentine mutton, 9 3-Bd.; Now Zealand lamb, 9|d.; Argentine lamb, lid.; Now Zealand bull beef, hinds 53d., fores -4J<i.; Argentine chilled beef, hinds !G;d„ fores 7ki. Butter.—The, market closed firm at tho advanoe. Danish, salted, per cwt., 1943. to 1965.; Irish creamery, salted, 170s. to 1725.; 11 n salted. 1725. to 1745.; Canadian, salted, 170s. to 1725.; New.Zealand, salted, 1745. to 178 S.;! good to fine quality, 1645. to 1705.; Argentine, unEalted, 1725. to 1745. Oheese.—The market continues firm. Canadian, white; per cwt., 945. to 96a.; coloured, 946. to 955.; English Cheddar, 108s. 6d.; New Zealand, white, 965. to 97s.;.'coloured, 945. to 955. , ~ Hemp.—Manila . market has. fluctuated very much and closed lower. New Zealand market is quieter, but Dominion offerings are very small. Government-grad-ed, fair Manila liemp, per ton, £.51 10s.; good fair New Zealand, £49; fair, £46 10s. Quotations, aro nominal. AugustrOctober shipment: Government-graded coarse Manila, £47 10s.; good fair New Zealand. £48 10s.; fair, £46. Output of hemp at Manila for the" week ending last Satuirday Was 32,000 bales; Stocks of New Zealand hemp on hand on July 31 were 455 tons. Wlieat.— I The market is' firm, and. prices continuo to advance. Milling demand is better, but sellers offer sparingly. American, August-September, 675.(j So. 1 Manitoba, afloat, sold at 605.; Australian, afloat, 675.. . , ■ , Oats—The market-is quiet, but'firm at last quotations. English new crop beginning 'tjuoffer. ■ Cocksfoot.—The market is quiet. Good Danish is .quoted at 725. Wool.—Tho market is quiet. Merino quotations are lower, . but erossbrcds arc nominally unchanged. WHEAT AND' FLOUE. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, ; ' Londoni August 13. •;i The total quantity of wheat .afloat for •the United Kingdom i 5,1,770,000 qualrtcrs: for the Continent, 3,960,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments, 413,000 quarters; Pacific, 9000 quarters. Total for Europe, 955,000 quarters; -Russia,' 40,000 quarters; India, 83,0C0 quarters; Argentina, 275,000 : quarters; and Australasia. 142,000 .quarters.'.

■ - INVESTMENT SHAKES. Yesterday's quotations for investment ihares ' were as under.:— : ■: Buyers./ Sellers. ... i . ' . ' ;. ' £ s.d..', £ 5. d. National'Bank' 5 .7 0 y Sank N.Z. (£3" 6s. 8d.);10 17 6 . - ' Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. ■«.)". 1617 6 . - Well. Gas (£10) ..14'9 0 - ' - Gear Meat (£1). :4 ? 0 — Huddart-Parker (ord.) -. — 16 6 Union Steam (ord.) ...., 2 0 0 2 1 6 Union Steam (pref.)........ 1.1 0 — TVell. Woollen, (pref.) 17 6 — Westport Coal .:. .....1,9 6 , —.. N.Z. Drug 2 7 0 ' —